The first table below looks at the demand for PHP5 skills in IT contracts advertised for the East Sussex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PHP5 over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the East Sussex region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PHP 5
Rank 24 39 28
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -11
Contract jobs citing PHP5 7 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in East Sussex 2.991% 0.625% 0.508%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.609% 1.587% 1.389%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 1
Average daily rate £325 £281 £150
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.55% +87.50%
UK excluding London average daily rate £288 £298 £250
% change year-on-year
-3.36% +19.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £32.50 £12.50
% change year-on-year
- +160.00%
All Programming Languages
East Sussex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
92 126 72
As % of all contract IT jobs located in East Sussex 39.32% 39.38% 36.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 45 44
Average daily rate £335 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.07% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £191 £200 £163
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £475 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 1
Average hourly rate - £30.00 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +122.22%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
PHP5
South East

PHP5
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing PHP5 across the East Sussex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

East Sussex PHP5 Jobs Demand Trend

PHP5
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing PHP5 across the East Sussex region.

East Sussex PHP5 Daily Rate Trend

PHP5
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PHP5 within the East Sussex region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Brighton +12 7 £325 +15.55%
Hove - 4 - -
PHP5
South East

PHP5
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Sussex region citing PHP5 also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited PHP5.

1 8 (100.00%) PHP
2 4 (50.00%) LAMP
2 4 (50.00%) Drupal
2 4 (50.00%) Photoshop
2 4 (50.00%) OO
2 4 (50.00%) E-Commerce
2 4 (50.00%) HTML
2 4 (50.00%) JavaScript

PHP5
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Sussex region citing PHP5 also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited PHP5. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (50.00%) LAMP
1 4 (50.00%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 4 (50.00%) Drupal
Applications
1 4 (50.00%) Photoshop
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Developer
2 4 (50.00%) Web Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Drupal Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) OO
1 4 (50.00%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) PHP
2 4 (50.00%) JavaScript